RIP

[xilman]

Originally Posted by rogue

Tina Turner, singer

The Acid Queen.

[Jan S]

American athlete - sprinter, 1968 olympic champion.

https://athleticsweekly.com/athletic...es-1039968369/

[rudy235]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVdaFQhS86E

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/06/a...erto-dead.html

[Dr Sardonicus]

Pat Robertson

For generations of conservative Christians, Pat Robertson was a familiar face on television, guiding them through domestic politics and international affairs on his long-running talk show, The 700 Club.

But the controversial televangelist was best known as an architect of the religious right who frequently made anti-gay remarks, as a pioneer in the Christian broadcasting industry that would elevate many Republican politicians, and briefly, as a politician in his own right with presidential aspirations.

In a statement Thursday, the Christian Broadcasting Network said Robertson died at home on June 8, surrounded by family.

[Xyzzy]

Originally Posted by Dr Sardonicus

Pat Robertson

We've never wished a man dead, but we read this obituary with great pleasure.

[rudy235]

Originally Posted by Dr Sardonicus

Pat Robertson

Not someone I cared about. But now that he is dead I can ignore him.

[xilman]

Originally Posted by Xyzzy

We've never wished a man dead, but we read this obituary with great pleasure.

One should only speak good of the dead, so: he's dead ---- good.

[Dr Sardonicus]

James Watt

CHEYENNE, Wyo. - James Watt, the Reagan administration's sharp-tongued, pro-development interior secretary who was beloved by conservatives but ran afoul of environmentalists, Beach Boys fans and eventually the president, has died. He was 85.

Watt died in Arizona on May 27, son Eric Watt said in a statement Thursday.

In an administration divided between so-called pragmatists and hard-liners, few stood as far to the right at the time as Watt, who once labeled the environmental movement as "preservation vs. people" and the general public as a clash between "liberals and Americans."

In that sense, Watt foreshadowed combative Interior secretaries like Ryan Zinke and David Bernhardt, who, like Watt, aggressively pushed to grant oil, gas and coal leases on public land, increase offshore drilling and limit expansion of national parks and monuments.

[Batalov]

An American mathematician, the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski

[Batalov]

Silvio Berlusconi, former Italian PM

[firejuggler]

I'm sorry but those last two leave me... hummm un-affected...
I mean, I know them but...